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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cable v. Martin 2 Miss. 558 1837 0 Recovery for slaves Mississippi
Chipman v. Barron 2 Ga. 220 1847 0 promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Pinson v. Williams 23 Miss. 64 1851 0 Division of estate (?) Mississippi
Perkins v. Hackleman 26 Miss. 41 1853 0 Trespass Mississippi
Davidson v. Jones 26 Miss. 56 1853 0 Consideration of deed Mississippi
Trotter v. White 26 Miss. 88 1853 0 Fraud in sale of mortgaged property Mississippi
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Whether a husband is entitled to slaves of his wife after her death Mississippi
McComb v. Gilkey 29 Miss. 146 1855 0 Execution of deed Mississippi
James v. Kirk 29 Miss. 206 1855 0 Evidence in faulty sale of enslaved boy Mississippi
James v. Elder 23 Miss. 134 1851 0 Whether slave traders are subject to a specific tax Mississippi
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Enjoinment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Reynolds v. Walker 29 Miss. 250 1855 0 Failure to hire out slaves as provided by estate Mississippi
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Attempted murder by 3 enslaved persons Mississippi
Miller v. Pickens 26 Miss. 182 1853 0 Reimbursement for removal of enslaved persons Mississippi
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Illinois
Armistead v. Swiney 1 Va. Col. Dec. 204 1732 0 Suit in equity General Ct. of VA
Johnson v. Watson 1 Ga. 348 1846 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Young v. Farrel 3 N.C. 219 1802 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hamner v. Smith 22 Ala. 433 1853 0 Trover Alabama
Richmond v. Delay 34 Miss. 83 1857 0 Interest of husband in wife's slaves helf under specific act Mississippi